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Report Summary

  • 37

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    56% of other websites

  • 98

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 94% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 99

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    93% of websites

taxtips.ca

TaxTips.ca - The Facts on Tax for Canadians

Page Load Speed

2 sec in total

First Response

200 ms

Resources Loaded

1.7 sec

Page Rendered

171 ms

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About Website

Visit taxtips.ca now to see the best up-to-date Tax Tips content for Canada and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about taxtips.ca

TaxTips.ca - Canadian tax, financial, investing and real estate information and calculators for individuals and business.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Taxtips.ca page load time and found that the first response time was 200 ms and then it took 1.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

taxtips.ca performance score

37

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.5 s

69/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value2.5 s

90/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.1 s

21/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,920 ms

3/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.373

28/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value16.1 s

6/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

taxtips.ca

200 ms

taxtips.ca

275 ms

www.taxtips.ca

329 ms

mystyles.css

72 ms

adsbygoogle.js

152 ms

Our browser made a total of 55 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 65% of them (36 requests) were addressed to the original Taxtips.ca, 13% (7 requests) were made to Google.com and 5% (3 requests) were made to Pagead2.googlesyndication.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (702 ms) belongs to the original domain Taxtips.ca.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 62.8 kB (12%)

Content Size

535.0 kB

After Optimization

472.2 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Taxtips.ca main page is 535.0 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 454.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-73%

Potential reduce by 24.5 kB

  • Original 33.5 kB
  • After minification 30.9 kB
  • After compression 9.0 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 24.5 kB or 73% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 53 B

  • Original 2.6 kB
  • After minification 2.5 kB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Tax Tips images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 1.2 kB

  • Original 454.5 kB
  • After minification 454.5 kB
  • After compression 453.3 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 37.0 kB

  • Original 44.4 kB
  • After minification 31.5 kB
  • After compression 7.4 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Taxtips.ca needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 37.0 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 43 (84%)

Requests Now

51

After Optimization

8

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 51 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Tax Tips. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 11 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

taxtips.ca

taxtips.ca

200 ms

taxtips.ca

taxtips.ca

275 ms

www.taxtips.ca

www.taxtips.ca

329 ms

mystyles.css

mystyles.css

72 ms

adsbygoogle.js

adsbygoogle.js

152 ms

pub-6420991212035649

pub-6420991212035649

122 ms

js

js

84 ms

cse.js

cse.js

141 ms

counter.js

counter.js

137 ms

home_cmp_simple000_vbtn_p.gif

home_cmp_simple000_vbtn_p.gif

136 ms

whats-new.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

whats-new.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

260 ms

canadian-financial-and-income-tax-calculators.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

canadian-financial-and-income-tax-calculators.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

326 ms

personal-income-tax.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

personal-income-tax.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

427 ms

small-business-income-tax.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

small-business-income-tax.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

427 ms

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salestaxes.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

430 ms

free-in-30-financial-freedom.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

free-in-30-financial-freedom.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

426 ms

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financial-planning-and-investing.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

425 ms

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registered-savings-plans.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

429 ms

real-estate.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

real-estate.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

497 ms

investing-stocks-bonds-and-other-investments.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

investing-stocks-bonds-and-other-investments.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

496 ms

seniors.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

seniors.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

494 ms

disabilities.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

disabilities.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

495 ms

canadian-federal-personal-income-tax.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

canadian-federal-personal-income-tax.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

494 ms

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us-tax-tips.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

495 ms

abtax.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

abtax.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

561 ms

bctax.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

bctax.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

562 ms

mbtax.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

mbtax.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

564 ms

ontax.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

ontax.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

566 ms

qctax.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

qctax.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

565 ms

sktax.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

sktax.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

565 ms

atlantic.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

atlantic.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

629 ms

territories.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

territories.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

629 ms

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federal-budgets-and-related-resources.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

632 ms

provincial-territorial-budgets.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

provincial-territorial-budgets.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

635 ms

statistics.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

statistics.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

635 ms

glossary-canadian-tax-financial-investing-accounting-terms.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

glossary-canadian-tax-financial-investing-accounting-terms.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

634 ms

site-map.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

site-map.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

696 ms

directory-of-tax-accounting-and-finance-related-organizations.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

directory-of-tax-accounting-and-finance-related-organizations.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

697 ms

advertising.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

advertising.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

699 ms

contact.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

contact.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

702 ms

links-and-resources.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

links-and-resources.htm_cmp_simple000_vbtn.gif

702 ms

js

js

129 ms

t.php

t.php

282 ms

slotcar_library.js

slotcar_library.js

184 ms

show_ads_impl.js

show_ads_impl.js

475 ms

cse_element__en.js

cse_element__en.js

110 ms

default+en.css

default+en.css

160 ms

default.css

default.css

170 ms

109 ms

landing

landing

129 ms

async-ads.js

async-ads.js

49 ms

branding.png

branding.png

28 ms

clear.png

clear.png

22 ms

23 ms

landing

landing

19 ms

Accessibility Review

taxtips.ca accessibility score

98

Accessibility Issues

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Best Practices

taxtips.ca best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

taxtips.ca SEO score

99

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    WINDOWS-1252

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Taxtips.ca can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Taxtips.ca main page’s claimed encoding is windows-1252. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

taxtips.ca

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Tax Tips. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: